34 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JQ
Refused on 1 December 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Insertion of rear L shaped dormer window and roof extension and insertion of two rooflights into front roofslope following removal of existing front rooflight (development already carried out)
- Received
- 8 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Ward
- Hitchin Oughton Ward
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Oct
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided1 Dec
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 34 Gaping Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2JQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.
92% of full applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SG5 2JQ
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 12 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2025
- Decision issued
- 2 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr James Gran
- Agent address
- 4 Ennismore Close Letchworth Garden City SG6 2SU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 5 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14304631
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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